Domingo Faustino Sarmiento International Airport UAQ / SANU
San Juan, San Juan · Argentina · Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (AA2000)
191kpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATASANU / UAQ
OperatorAeropuertos Argentina 2000 (AA2000)
Coordinates31.5715°S, 68.4182°W
Elevation1,949 ft · 594 m
Time zoneART (UTC-3, no DST)
Passengers / yr191,000 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceSANU — AIP Argentina / ANAC
Operating hoursNot H24. Scheduled jet operations approx. 07:00-23:00 local aligned with Aerolineas Argentinas/Flybondi/JetSMART service; PPR required for movements outside published hours; no formal overnight curfew but limited night-ops infrastructure typical of Cuyo-region regional fields.
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal (new 5,396 sqm building inaugurated 10 Dec 2023 after a USD 55M+ modernization, replacing the 1981 terminal damaged/rebuilt post-earthquake); ICAO Reference Code 4D airfield.
Runways (1)
- 18/36 · 2,460 m / 8,071 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Domestic network hub for Aerolineas Argentinas and Flybondi linking San Juan to Buenos Aires (Aeroparque/Ezeiza) and Cordoba, with JetSMART adding a Chile international route from November 2026 restoring the airport's cross-border role last seen in the 1980s-90s Ladeco era; sits in the arid Cuyo wine region at the Andean foothills, serving vineyard-tourism and provincial business traffic.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Aerolíneas Argentinas
Self-handled by Aerolíneas Argentinas via its in-house ramp/passenger handling operation, branded "Aerohandling". Confirmed airport-specific: the AC-U-KWIK aviation handler directory lists "A/LINEAS ARGENTINAS (AEROHANDLING)" as a registered handler at Domingo F Sarmiento/San Juan (ICAO SANU, IATA UAQ), not merely inferred from the carrier's group-wide practice. Consistent with Intercargo, the Argentine state ramp-handling company, not servicing San Juan: its full published station list (Ezeiza, Aeroparque, Cordoba, Salta, Mendoza, Bariloche, Neuquen, Iguazu, Jujuy, Mar del Plata, Rosario, Tucuman, Ushuaia, El Calafate, Bahia Blanca, Comodoro Rivadavia, Rio Gallegos, Puerto Madryn, confirmed via businessairnews.com and argentina.gob.ar/transporte/intercargo) omits San Juan entirely. AR is UAQ's dominant scheduled carrier (routes to Aeroparque, Ezeiza and Cordoba). Coverage of the other resident carrier (Flybondi) is not established.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
YPF S.A.
Operates the aviation fuel storage/supply plant on the south apron platform at San Juan (Domingo Faustino Sarmiento) Airport, per the airport's own infrastructure description (planta de Almacenamiento de Combustible de la Empresa YPF). Independently corroborated airport-specific (not just group-level inference): the AC-U-KWIK aviation fuel/FBO directory carries a dedicated "YPF" listing for ICAO SANU / IATA UAQ, and SANU's AC-U-KWIK data page shows JET and AVGAS fuel available on-field. YPF is also Argentina's dominant Jet A-1/Avgas supplier nationwide (52 Aeroplantas across 23 provinces); the exact into-plane agent relationship at UAQ (YPF directly vs. a sub-contracted fueller) is not separately itemized.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Unconfirmed
Aerolíneas Argentinas
Aerolineas Argentinas Cargo carries belly-hold freight on the carrier's scheduled San Juan flights, processed through the passenger terminal (via the same Aerohandling ground operation) rather than a dedicated freight building; no separate cargo-terminal operator or third-party freight handler could be identified for UAQ. Marked unconfirmed as no airport- or airline-specific cargo-operations page could be retrieved.
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Aviation security
Available
Policía de Seguridad Aeroportuaria (PSA)
Federal aviation security and airport law-enforcement body; by Ley 26.102 PSA has exclusive jurisdiction over Argentina's Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (SNA) airports. Confirmed directly on PSA's own site (argentina.gob.ar/psa): PSA states nationwide presence through Unidades Operacionales de Seguridad Aeroportuaria Preventiva (UOSP), grouped into five regional divisions. San Juan/UAQ, as an SNA commercial airport, falls under this national mandate; the specific regional/local PSA unit covering UAQ is not itemized on PSA's public site.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
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Hotel & travel
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